Re: devd.conf

El lun, 30-01-2006 a las 13:14 -0800, Brooks Davis escribió:
> On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 12:56:01AM +0000, Phillip Neumann wrote:
> > Im trying to understand devd.conf.
> > 
> > there is a text, wich is:
> > # Try to start dhclient on Ethernet like interfaces when the link comes
> > # up.  Only devices that are configured to support DHCP will actually
> > # run it.  No link down rule exists because dhclient automaticly exits
> > # when the link goes down.
> > 
> > when i unplug the rj45, i dont see dhclient quitting. i have to ifconfig
> > the interface down. only so, dhclient will exit. 
> > 
> > base in this, if i modify devd.conf and add this line:
> > notify 0 {
> >         match "system"          "IFNET";
> >         match "type"            "LINK_DOWN";
> >         media-type              "ethernet";
> >         action "/etc/rc.d/dhclient stop $subsystem";
> > };
> > 
> > when i unplug the cable it will stop dhclient, but, when i plug the
> > cable in again, devd sees 2 events, the LINK_UP and inmedialy it see a
> > LINK_DOWN, so dhclient is stopped.
> 
> Your network card's driver has a broken if_media configuration.  What
> kind of nic is it?
> 

bfe0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
(rev 02)

broken where do you mean?.. 


> > whats the correct way to configure the ethernet cards?
> > 
> > is there a way to make something similar work to wifi card? i.e. when
> > its assisiated with a ssid, run dhclient, and when no carrier, stop it?
> > 
> > i have run devd -dD, but it does not seems to get any event from the
> > wifi card. its an intel 2200.
> 
> If your card is running wpa_supplicant, this is exactly what should
> happen.
> 

well actually not. im just running dhcp. no wpa. at least ive not
configured so. and i guess its not enabled by default...

> -- Brooks
> 
-- 
Phillip Neumann <[email protected]>

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